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Originally Posted by DizzyEdge
This is probably a question for Malcolm Tucker, since he tends to have these sorts of stats:
Can anyone provide the stats as far as 1) gasoline tax collected in AB 2) amount returned to the province and cities earmarked for road work 3) the amount returned to the province and cities earmarked for non-road work 4) the cost of roadwork in AB.
Asking due to the often heard refrain that gas taxes should be more than paying for all road building and maintenance.
Thanks
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I can't give you all the answers you're looking for but I give you a head start.
2013-2016 capital plan:
http://www.finance.alberta.ca/public...pital-plan.pdf
See page 67 (p. 9 of the PDF).
"About $3.4 billion over three years will be provided for the provincial highway network and other provincial transportation infrastructure."
$3.4 billion / 3 years = $1.133 billion per year
2014-15 first quarter fiscal update:
http://finance.alberta.ca/publicatio...cal-Update.pdf
Refer to page 6 of the PDF.
Fuel tax for 2014-15 is forecast to bring in $965 million in revenue. (Actual 2013-14 revenue was $925 million.)
Fuel tax revenue: $965 million
Roads costs: $1,133 million
Cost shortfall =
$168 million
That's the total fuel tax revenues compared to
just the cost of provincial roadwork; that doesn't include the money granted to municipalities for roadwork.